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What Is 4-D Printing?

Posted November 04, 2013 8:51 AM

From Scientific American:

The biggest breakthroughs in how we make things lie not in the technology to manipulate materials but in the materials themselves. Such is the thinking behind "4-D printing," an experimental approach to manufacturing that expands on much-hyped 3-D printing processes. Instead of building static three-dimensional items from layers of plastics or metals, 4-D printing employs dynamic materials that continue to evolve in response to their environment.

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Re: What Is 4-D Printing?

11/04/2013 9:34 AM

331/3% better than 3-D printing?

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Re: What Is 4-D Printing?

11/07/2013 6:43 AM

2 "D" twice

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